§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Employment what support the European Commission is giving to national employment services, and the main problems in the employment field over the next few years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoldingI am advised by the Manpower Services Commission that the Commission of European Communities has allocated financial assistance for 1975, under the provisions of the Social Fund, in the following schemes managed by the Employment Service Agency:
- (1) transference of individuals from development areas under the Employment Transfer Scheme;
- (2) transference of individuals leaving agriculture;
- (3) rehabilitation of disabled persons at Employment Rehabilitation Centres;
- (4) staff training for Employment Rehabilitation Centres, Disablement Resettlement Services and various experiments within the field of resettlement of disabled persons.
Applications for assistance towards these items, as well as for other special facilities for disabled persons, have been presented for 1976. It is expected that similar applications will be submitted in 1977, but this is, to some extent, dependent upon a review of the Fund now in progress in the Commission.